17. King Skipped Two Years Of School... And Went To University At The Age Of 15
It seems that there is little to no doubt that King Jr was one of the great minds of his own - and indeed of any - generation. So smart was King that he skipped two years at Booker T Washington High School, accelerating through the years. Having skipped both ninth and 12th grades, King passed the entrance exam for Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, at the age of just 15, so he studied sociology there. Having achieved a BA degree in sociology he then went on to get a BDiv degree in 1951 from Crozer Theological Seminary in Chester, Pennsylvania - before he received his doctorate in systematic theology from Boston University in 1955. King's dissertation for his PhD was entitled "A Comparison of the Conceptions of God in the Thinking of Paul Tillich and Henry Nelson Wieman" - and, although an academic inquiry suggested parts of the thesis had been plagiarised, his work was not revoked.
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